diff --git a/games-server/minecraft-server/metadata.xml b/games-server/minecraft-server/metadata.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-<herd>java</herd>
-<maintainer>
-<email>chewi at aura-online.co.uk</email>
-<name>James Le Cuirot</name>
-</maintainer>
-<longdescription lang="en">
-This is the dedicated server for the game Minecraft. It has an ugly
-GUI that is little more than a terminal window so we just run it
-directly in the console instead.
-</longdescription>
-</pkgmetadata>